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8x8 Inc. is an American communications technology company that provides VoIP telephony services. 8x8 services include cloud-based voice, call center, video, mobile and unified communications solutions for medium to enterprise-sized businesses and distributed enterprise customers. Some of 8x8's services are offered under the brand Packet8.

This holiday season 8x8 is celebrating the wonder and magic of unity. Because when people can truly connect, there's no limit to what we can do together. All of us at 8x8 wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season and an exceptional 2018!

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With the holidays upon us, retailers are running at full speed to ramp up service levels while also keeping an eye out for 2018 and beyond. As we go into the new year, retail IT leaders should be taking a closer look at the vendors and services they employ in hopes of gaining greater productivity […]

Dec 8

This is the first in a three-part series on developing an effective customer experience strategy. I once worked as a customer service representative (“CSR” or “Agent”). The on-boarding process included an aptitude test, interviews and a multi-week training course that covered company policies, business process and handling customer communications. CSRs were expected to handle telephone […]

Dec 2

Most companies have implemented some sort of training or coaching program within their corporate structure and contact center. However, simply training your contact center personnel is not enough. In this final part of my three-part series about improving quality management in the contact center, here is a framework that can help improve your contact center […]

Nov 28

While the recent news cycle has been dominated by articles concerning Russian government hackers using Russian security software to steal classified US information, one of the biggest security and compliance stories is flying under the radar, especially here in the US. The big story businesses worldwide should be focusing on is the impending European Union […]

Nov 28

With Cyber Monday around the corner, a growing number of consumers are opting to stay out of the stores after Thanksgiving in the U.S. and do their holiday shopping from the comfort of the couch. It’s not just Amazon fulfilling people’s remote wish lists anymore either; more and more companies are extending their presence with […]

Nov 28

This is the introduction to a three-part series on developing a customer experience strategy. As customer loyalty is tested with ever-growing options, the need to understand and manage the customer journey becomes an increasingly crucial factor of competitive differentiation. All companies regardless of size should be thinking about this, but more than the theory, the […]

Nov 28

We’ve all experienced the pain first hand. All you need is a quick answer by an informed, competent customer service agent and instead, you get lengthy, unhelpful self-service menus, long wait times and apathetic agents without answers. If you took the time to dig into legacy contact center technology (yeah right, who does this?), you’d […]

Nov 28

Have you ever been on a phone call where someone says “Let me call you back from my other device?” or taken a conference call from the car only to wish there was an easy way to switch from your smartphone to a different device once arriving in the office? What if there was a […]

Nov 28

At 8x8, we aim to stay nimble, responsive and innovative as the company revolutionizes the business communications industry by unifying cloud telephony, messaging, meetings and contact center solutions along with big data and speech analytics on a single cloud platform. Our goal is to deliver companies the most advanced truly unified communications solutions available so […]

Nov 28

Yesterday we launched 8x8 Virtual Office® Editions, a new suite of products that revolutionize the business communications industry by unifying cloud communications, collaboration, online meetings, and contact center solutions with a best-in-breed data analytics platform. Representing a combination of technologies from years of continuous innovation from 8x8, this launch signifies the new age of T...

Nov 28

What happens when a healthcare manufacturer in business for 65 years realizes its aging on-premises phone system cannot handle the modern communications and collaboration required to do business at the speed of customer expectations? And what if the said legacy PBX system was also too costly to manage and operate after adding in the cost […]

Nov 28

In the fast-paced manufacturing industry, businesses are shifting more processes, such as equipment monitoring, product design, enterprise resource planning, and inventory management, to the cloud to take advantage of costs and efficiencies. Manufacturers like Shimano American Corp., the U.S. division of the legendary Japanese developer, producer and distributor of bicycle components, fishing tack...

Nov 28

In part one of my three-part series about improving quality management in the contact center, I provided 3 Tips for Building an Effective Quality Management Program. For part two, I’ll look at how companies can implement a structured approach to coaching to help contact center agents reach their full potential within the company and enhance […]

Skills Alliance is an international staffing firm focused on the life sciences industry. Skill's Alliance chose 8x8 for its integration with their Bullhorn CRM system, communications analytics, mobile features, call recording and more. With 8x8, this global staffing firm gets one communications system for all its locations plus the intelligence and analytics to dig deep into their communications d...

You already know the power of the cloud for business. And you’ve made big investments in it across CRM, billing, MarTech. So why would you invest in a cloud communications system that’s only marginally better than what you already have? 8x8 breaks down communication silos between sales, help desks, your customers and your experts... to get your organization working together seamlessly and operati...

Tangent International recruiting and staffing agency takes business communications to the next level with 8x8.
* Salesforce integration with 8x8 ensures Tangent recruiters know who's calling and pulls up the client information they need to deliver personalized service
* Click to dial improves efficiency and productivity by speeding up the calling process
* Mobile and desktop apps ensure employees ...

Does your contact center have the features that really matter? Check out the unique advantages of 8x8 Virtual Contact Center, including superior voice quality, modern collaboration tools and simple global deployments.
For more information, visit https://www.8x8.com/ContactCenter